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μόθων

μόθων, the child of an Helot (Sparta); presumptuous fellow (Athens)

μόθων, ωνος, ὁ, at Sparta,
  • children of Helots, brought up as foster-brothers of the young Spartans, Sch. Ar. Pl. 279; expld. as τὸν οἰκογενῆ δοῦλον, EM 590.14; cf. μόθαξ.
      • 2 in Att., presumptuous, impudent fellow, Ar. Pl. 279; invoked as the god of impudence, Id. Eq. 635.
    • II a licentious dance, E. Ba. 1060 (dub. cj.), Ar. Eq. 697, cf. Sch. Ar. Pl. 279; φορτικὸν ὄρχημα καὶ ναυτικόν Poll. 4.101.
      • 2 a tune for the flute, Trypho ap. Ath. 14.618c.

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